Veteran Resources

Interested in finding the benefits and services available to you as a veteran? We hope the links below — both within and outside of the VA — will help.

Are you in crisis and need help right now? 1-800-273-TALK (8255), Veterans Press 1. This is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. It's free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

According to USA Today, as many as 360,000 veterans may have brain injuries. If you think you may have TBI, call the Centers of Excellence at 866-966-1020 or the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center at 800-870-9244 for help.

Help Through Gaming

Are you a gamer? Second Life player? Take a look at the DOD's T2 Virtual PTSD Experience at http://www.t2health.org/vwproj/ . This online tool immerses the player in an interactive setting that simulates a PTSD-causing combat experience, discusses danger cues, triggers, and most importantly, how to begin to get better.

Employment for Veterans

VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Service

The VetSuccess program helps disabled veterans find and keep good jobs, and helps those who can't work due to their injuries live as independently as possible: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre

Women Veterans

To contact the Women Veterans Program Manager at your local VA and access health care enrollment forms, visit: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/womenshealth/ . Your program manager is there to help you coordinate services, including medical and mental health care and sexual abuse counseling.

For more resources, visit the VA Center for Women Veterans at http://www.va.gov/womenvet/ . Their top 25 most frequently asked questions are available on a link at the bottom right of this page.